Prefabricated building



Feb. 21, 1939.

A. T, LEVY PREFABRICATED BUILDING Filed 0G11. 29, 1937 Cil Patented Feb. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PREFABRICATED BUILDING Austin T. Levy, Harrisviue, n. 1.

Application October 29, 193,7, Serial No. 171,769

11 Claims.

My invention relates to prefabricated buildings.

It has among its objects to provide improved reenforcing means, and, more particularly, improved corner reenforcing means, for such a building of the type described and claimed in my application Serial No. 89,961, now Patent No. 2,104,872, issued January 11, 1938, and utilizing a marginal metal wall frame and panels therein. A further object of my invention is to provide such an improved and simplied corner bracing structure, including an improved bracing member which is disposed and connected in an improved manner to different elements of the marginal frame in such manner as substantially to strengthen and stiften the wall structure. A still further object is to provide such an improved construction wherein the improved bracing member is so disposed as in no way to interfere with the normal placing of the reenforcing rods and anchoring material over the panel, while also enabling the bracing member to be connected with a minimum of additional connections, all in such manner as materially to simplify and cheapen the construction while facilitating and expediting erection. These and other objects and advantages of my improved construction will, however, hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown for purposes of illustration one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice.

In this drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view partially in section, showing a corner wall equipped with my improvement, portions of the wall being broken away or shown in section to facilitate illustration;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Figure 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the lower end of the reenforcing member and its disposition relative to the panel.

In this illustrative construction, I have shown my construction as embodied in a wall of the general construction described and claimed in my said patent and including a bottom channel sill I carried on the foundation, and an upper channel plate 2, both cooperating with intermediate studs 3 comprising oppositely disposed channels and a corner stud 4 comprising angularly related channels, to provide pan-el apertures in which heat insulating boards or panels 5 are disposed; these panels carrying vertical reenforcing and anchoring material spacing rods 6 connected thereto with and seated in the channel sill and plate membersl and `2 and spacing anchoring material 1- by which cementitious material comprising stucco 8 and plaster 9 is suitably clinched to opposite faces of the panel and wall. Herein, also the several studs 3, 4 are connected to the channel sill I and channel plate 2 by fastening members III, Illa, passing through the several channels `and the panel, as well as suitable spacing means including spacers I I between the channel studs 3 and 4 and the inside walls of the channel sill I and channel plate member 2, as described in my above mentioned patent, these iastening members herein also being in the form of pointed aligning pins such as described and claimed in my application Serial No. 129,093, filed March 4, 1937, now Patent No. 2,104,877, issued January 11, 1938.

In my improved construction, it will be noted that I also provide on the outside of one panel 5 adjacent the corner, an improved diagonally disposed bracing member I2, disposed and connected between adjacent studs in an improved manner and arranged in an improved manner relative to the rods 6. Herein, this member I2 is in the form of a flat, relatively thin and narrow steel strip or plate, and the same extends from the bottom of an intermediate stud 3 to a point substantially spaced above the bottom of the corner stud 4, where it is connected to the latter. Further, it will be noted that this member I2 is herein between the outer face of the panel 5 and the rods 6 thereon and that the opposite ends of the member I2 extend into the oppositely disposed channels on the adjacent studs 3 and 4 and are connected thereto. As shown, the lower end of the member I2 is also out off angularly, as indicated at I3, and perforated, as indicated at I4, to permit it to be received in the corner formed by the junction of the vertical stud 3 and the horizontal sill I, while bringing this aperture I4 into line with the left hand bottom connecting pin I0. Further, the upper end of the member I2 is provided with an angularly cut off portion i3d to permit it to be received in the adjacent channel of the stud 4, and this portion i3d is also perforated to permit it to be connected to the stud 4 by a pointed pin I5 generally similar to the pin Illa, and like that pin, shorter than the pins Ill vin View oi the obstruction provided by the inner flange I6 on the corner stud 4.

In a preferred construction, a member I 2uv similar to the member I2 is similarly disposed on the adjacent side of the corner andsimilarly connected to the vadjacent side of the corn-er stud 4 and to the next intermediate stud 3, attention being directed to the fact that the pin I5a used to connect the upper end of this member |20, is

herein longer than the pin I5 and extends through both flanges of the channel in the stud. Here also it will be understood that as in my said Patent No. 2,104,877, the several pins I 0, Illa., I5, I5a may have their heads welded to the outer faces of the sill and plate members I, 2 while it will also be noted that herein the pins are so elongated that their pointed ends, where possible, may be bent over, in such manner as thereby to tighten the connection and, Where desired, eliminate need for welding.

As a result of my improved construction, it is made possible to brace the corner stud 4 in an improved and very effective manner through providing an interconnection leading from a relatively high point thereon to the channel sill at the junction of the next stud, i. e. at a relatively widely spaced point laterally from the corner stud. Moreover, While thus bracing the corner stud, it is possible very substantially to strengthen the bottom 'of the panels adjacent the corner stud. Both functions are also performed, due to the thin brace members employed, without disturbing the rods 6 and anchoring material I disposed thereon, while the bracing members also cooperate effectively with the other frame and reenforcing structure after the stucco has been applied. Moreover, while it will be evident that the vertical location of the upper ends of the braces may be varied, I nd that the arrangement shown herein, wherein the members I2, I2a are connected to the corner stud at a distance above the bottom thereof which is approximately equal to the width of the panel, provides a very effective and satisfactory structure. Attention here is also directed to the fact that this construction is adapted to be used with a simple sill, plate and stud structure without requiring more than the addition of the members I2, I2a and the provision of the additional pins I5, I5a and the additional perforations therefor in the corner stud. Also, while eliminating the need for the special and more expensive gusset plates heretofore provided, an improved and stronger and more inexpensively erected structure is produced. T'hese and other advantages of my improved construction will, however, be clearly apparent to those skilled in the art.

This application is a continuation in part of my application Serial No. 105,721, now Patent No. 2,104,874, patented January 1l, 1938.

While I have in this application specifically described one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that the same is shown for purposes of illustration, and that the invention may be modied and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a building, a marginal frame presenting spaced studs having a panel aperture therebetween, a panel in said aperture carrying anchoring means for cementitious coatings, and bracing means connecting one stud to another across said panel and disposed between said panel and anchoring means.

2. In a building, a marginal frame presenting spaced studs having a panel aperture therebetween, a panel in said aperture carrying anchoring material spacing means for cementitious coatings, and bracing means disposed between said panel and spacing means for connecting said studs across said panel.

3. In a building, a marginal frame presenting plate and sill members and intermediate studs including a corner stud and a stud spaced therefrom, a panel between said studs, and an elongated bracing member connecting the lower end of said spaced stud to a point on the corner stud spaced above the lower end of the latter by a distance substantially equal to the width of the panel.

4. In a building, a marginal frame presenting plate and sill members and intermediate studs, a panel between said studs, and bracing means connecting the lower end of one stud to a point between the ends of the other stud, said panel carrying anchoring material spacing means for a cementitious coating and said bracing means being disposed between said panel and spacing means.

5. In a prefabricated building, a corner structure comprising marginal frames presenting panel apertures and having a corner stud between adjacent apertures and adjacent stu-ds on the remote sides of said apertures, panels in said apertures, and bracing members overlying said panels and connected to points above the bottom of said corner stud andat the bottoms of said adjacent studs.

6. In a prefabricated building, a corner structure comprising marginal frames presenting panel apertures and having a corner stud between adjacent apertures and cooperating studs on the remote sides of said apertures, panels in said apertures, and bracing members engaging said panels and connected between said corner and cooperating studs, sai-d corner and adjacent studs comprising channels receiving opposite edges of said panels and said bracing members having their ends disposed in said channels.

7. In a prefabricated building, a corner structure comprising marginal frames presenting panel apertures and having a corner stud between adjacent apertures and cooperating studs on the remote sides of said apertures, panels in said apertures, and bracing members connected between said corner and cooperating studs, said panels carrying reenforcing rods and said bracing members extending between said panels and said rods.

8. In a prefabricated building, a corner structure comprising marginal frames presenting panel apertures and having a corner stud between adjacent apertures and cooperating studs on the remote sides of said apertures, panels in said apertures, bracing members connected to said corner stud and extending toward the lower ends of said cooperating studs, and common means for connecting both the lower ends of said bracing members and the lower ends of said second mentioned studs to the bottom of said frame.

9. In a building, a foundation, a channeled sill supported on said foundation, a channeled corner stud connected to and extending upwardly from said sill, a channeled stud spaced from said corner stud to form a panel opening and connected at its lower end to said sill, a panel engaging the channels of said studs and sill, and an elongated brace member exten-ding into said channeled studs between the same and saidv panel and connected to said corner stud intermediate of its ends and connected to said second stud by its connection with the sill.

10. In a building, a foundation, a channeled sill supported thereon, a channeled corner stud rising from said sill, a channeled wall stud rising from said sill parallel to said corner stud, a panel 75 engaging the channels of the studs and the channel of the sill and carrying external reenforcng means, a brace member connected to the corner stud between the en-dsof the latter and extending downwardly to the lower end of the other stud behind the panel reenforcing means, and means for connecting the lower ends of said brace mem ber to the lower end of said other stud.

11. In a building, a foundation wall, a wall frame thereon comprising lower and upper chan neled sill and plate members and interposed channeled studs having their opposite ends received in said channeled members and cooperat ing therewith to form a plurality of panel apertures, panels set within the respective apertures and extending within the channels in said channeled members and studs and having reenforcing members likewise received within sai-d channeled members, means connecting the opposite ends of said studs to said upper and lower channeled members, one of said interposed studs comprising a corner stud, and a brace member carried on an adjacent panel between said panel and the reenforcing members thereon and connected to said corner stud intermediate its ends and to an adjacent stud by the means connecting the latter to the lower channeled member.

AUSTIN T. LEVY. 

